Cossacks - The Art of War Manual

Manual
CONTENT
1. Technical Information
1.1.
1.2.
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

System Requirements for Large Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2. Main Menu
2.1.
2.2.
2.3.
2.4.
2.5.
2.6.
Single Player
Multiplayer .
Load/Replay
Options . . .
Editor . . . . .
Exit . . . . . .
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3. Single Player Menu

3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
Save Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Assign a Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Load/Replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
5. New Random Map Options

5.1.
5.2.
5.2.1.
5.2.2.
5.2.3.
5.2.4.
5.2.5.
5.2.6.
5.2.7.
5.2.8.
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Alliances, Difficulty Levels and Changing Colours

Two New Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Start Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balloon Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cannons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Peace Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18th Century Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capture Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Autosave Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Log Cabins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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6. New Cursors
6.1.
6.2.
6.3.
6.4.
6.5.
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Campaign Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Single Mission Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Random Map Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
4. Recording a Game
4.1.
4.2.
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Animated Cursor . . .
Attack Ground Cursor
Guard Cursor . . . . . .
Patrol Cursor . . . . . .
Embark Cursor . . . . .
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7. New Commands
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.
7.5.
7.6.
7.7.
7.8
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Giving Orders in Pause Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Guard and Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Cavalry Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Select Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Replenishing Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Grouping/Ungrouping Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Attack Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Deactivate Tower Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
8. Multiplayer Menu
8.1.
8.2.
8.3.
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General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Kick Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Resource Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
9. Internet Game
9.1.
9.2.
9.3.
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Internet Game Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Login Information Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Internet Game Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
10. Global Rating System

10.1.
10.2.
10.3.
10.4.
World Rankings . . . . . . . . .
Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Player's Personal Information
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11. Hot Keys
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12. New Units
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12.1.
12.2.
12.3.
13.1.
13.2.
13.3.
13.4.
13.5.
13.6.
13.7.
13.8.
13.9.
Cossacks
The Art of War
New Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

New Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
New Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
13. Editor
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Editor Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Creating Landscapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Relief Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Water Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Applying Textures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Placing Objects of Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Accessibility Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Placing Units, Starting Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Hot Keys for Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
You can choose to either play the original Cossacks: European Wars or the new Cossacks: The
Art Of War. Once you have installed the add-on, both items will appear in your start menu.
Please note that Cossacks: The Art of War cannot load saved games from Cossacks: European
Wars - and vice versa.
2.
Main Menu
Important: You must have the original Cossacks: European Wars installed on your computer in
order to install Cossacks: The Art of War.
Please always place the CD ROM of the add-on in your CD ROM drive whenever you want to
play Cossacks: The Art of War.
1.
1.1.
Technical Information
Minimum System Requirements
Cossacks requires a Pentium 233 MHz processor or higher, 32 MB of RAM, a DirectX compliant video card with at least 1 MB of memory, a DirectX compliant sound card and a mouse.
Using this configuration, the game will run at an acceptable speed with a resolution of 800 x
600 pixels and an average amount of units. (However, your monitor and video card should
support a 1024 x 768 resolution to launch the game.)
You will start your game from the Main Menu, where you can find multiple game functions.
1.2.
System Requirements for Large Maps
To use the new 16 times larger maps you should play the game using a Pentium III 500 MHz
PC with 256 MB of RAM, in order to guarantee that the game will run smoothly despite the
exceptional size of the map. Furthermore, when playing on 2 x 2 or 4 x 4 maps, make sure
your computer has 150 to 200 MB of additional hard drive space available, as these maps
require a lot of memory.
2.1.
Single Player
Left-click on this option to play a single player game. This will take you to a screen where you
can enter your player name and the Single Player menu, where various single player options
are available.
2.2.
Multiplayer
This is where you will start from when playing a network game. Click here to reach a name
selection screen and the Cossacks Multiplayer menu.
2.3.
Load/Replay
This option enables you to load a previously saved game or replay a recorded game.
2.4.
Options
This will allow you to adjust various game settings, as well as set your game to be recorded for
replaying later on.
2.5.
Editor
Click on this scroll to access the map and mission editor included in Cossacks.
2.6.
Exit
Left-click here to quit the game.
3.
Single Player Menu
Choose one of the new campaigns or missions or play on an improved random map.
3.1.
Campaign Menu
3.2.
Single Mission Menu
3.3.
Random Map Menu
A number of new options have been added for random maps. These include the option to set
your AI opponents' difficulty levels, an option for creating teams, additional map options for
larger maps and a number of other start and map options. For a more detailed description of
the new possibilities please see chapter 5 ("New Random Map Options").
4.
Recording a Game
Apart from the options you already know (scrolling speed, game speed, etc.) the add-on provides an additional Save Replay option.
4.1.
Save Replay
You now have the option to record a game with a virtual camera and view the replay later on.
To do this, access the Options menu. Select the Save Replay option by left-clicking on it (see
picture).
4.2.
Having selected a new campaign, you will be able to launch the first mission of that campaign.
The next mission will not become available until you have completed the current one.
Assign a Name
Now enter a name you want your replay to be saved under. The filename will automatically
receive the extension REC. Once you have done this, click on OK to return to the Main Menu.
You can now launch a single or multiplayer game as usual. When this game ends, you can view
the replay. Go to the Main Menu and click on the Load/Replay button.
4.3.
Load/Replay
5.
New Random Map Options
You will access another menu where a list of your saved and recorded games is shown. Find the
game you recorded (marked ".rec") and click on it to see it highlighted. Then left-click on Load
in the bottom of the menu to load and replay the game.
Please note: The functions and start options that are provided for random maps can also be
applied to multiplayer games!
While replaying the game you can click on the menu icon in the middle of the upper panel of
the game interface to access the following replay options:
5.1.
Alliances, Difficulty Levels and Changing Colours
You can now change the colour your nation plays under in the Random Map menu, set difficulty levels for the AI nations, form alliances with the computer and play in teams.
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Normal Replay: Click here to have your recorded game replayed at normal speed.
Fast Replay: Left-click here to replay your game at a higher speed.
Very Fast Replay: Click on this option to have your game replayed at top speed.
Replay without Fog of War: Click here to reveal the entire map of the game that is being
replayed.
Select Current Colour: Click on the coloured boxes to choose a colour and find out how
the player of that colour performed.
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Select a level of difficulty for AI-controlled nations.

Left-click with your mouse on the list box to see the different levels available ( E a s y ,
Normal, Hard, Very Hard).
Determine your alliances.
Click (multiple times) in the Team column to set a team number. Nations with
the same number in this column become allies, i.e. they belong to the same team.
Select a flag in the Colour column to assign this colour to the various nations.
Simply click on a flag to change its colour. There are seven different colours available.
Important note: Players in opposing teams must not have the same colour assigned to
them, otherwise you will not be able to launch the game.
Players of the same team can select the same colour in a multiplayer game. This means
they will play for the same nation ("Two-in-one-Nation"). Note: This mode is particularly useful if players are planning to share the responsibility. Thus, one player could manage resources and matters of state while the other takes control of the military.
5.2.
Two New Menu Items
The Random Map menu contains two new interactive lines above the map. The above line lists
various categories, while the lower contains alternative settings for the selected categories. First,
click on the upper line and select a category from the list (e.g. Start Options). Then click on
the lower line and select an alternative from the popup menu (e.g. start with a Big Army). You
can modify and combine the available options as you like to make the game and your tactics
totally different each time you play.
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5.2.2. Balloon Options (upper line)

These options control the Montgolfier and fog of war within the game. The following alternatives are available (lower line):
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Default - This setting is identical to that of the original Cossacks. At the beginning, you
will be able to view only a small area surrounding your base, while the rest of the map is
hidden by the fog of war. You can reveal the map bit by bit by sending scouts in various
directions and hiding them in the scenery to keep these areas of the map visible. To reveal
the whole map, you must carry out the Montgolfier upgrade in your Academy.
No Balloon - The Montgolfier upgrade will not become available to you throughout the
game, so you will always need to spread your units around the map to see different areas.
Balloon - The whole map is revealed from the very beginning of the game.
5.2.3. Cannons (upper line)
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Click on the upper line and select a category from the list (e.g. Start Options).
Click on the lower line and change the settings (e.g. Start Options).
Choose between Army, Tower, Cannon, etc.
5.2.1. Start Options

The options in the upper line allow you to set your degree of readiness for battle at the beginning of a game: You can either start from scratch, i.e. with only a group of peasants, or with a
complete battle-worthy army that will take you straight to the moment of combat.
This option regulates the game's cannon policy. Unlike the original Cossacks, Cossacks: The
Art of War will let you build only 5 cannons per artillery depot. As soon as that limit is
reached, the depot will stop producing cannons, even if you have ordered many more to be
built. However, the depot will 'remember' how many cannons you ordered, and if you lose one
or several cannons, it will build more. The following alternatives can be selected (from the lower
line) for the category Cannons:
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Default - Cannons will cost you less resources than in the original Cossacks. However, you
can only build five of them per artillery depot.
No Cannons, Towers and Walls - This option prevents you from building cannons, towers and walls in the game.
Expensive Cannons - Select this option to make cannons cost a fortune. This option is
useful for players who prefer to minimize the number of cannons used in the game.
The following start options are available (lower line):

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Default - Begin your game as you did in the original Cossacks, i.e. with only a small group
of peasants.
Army - This option allows you to start a game with more peasants and two cohorts of
soldiers.
Big Army - Start with three dozen peasants and a greater number of troops.
Extensive Army - Begin your game with the same number of peasants as in the previous
alternative, but with more troops.
Peasants-Army - Select this alternative to begin your game with an immense number of
peasants.
Different Nations - This lets you start with various nations, which means both you and
your opponent(s) will receive a mixed group of peasants consisting of members of all the
nations involved. Thus, you can all erect the same buildings, even if they don't normally
belong to your nation. This in turn lets you create units from all the nations in the game.
Towers - Start your game with a group of peasants and a few towers at your base.
Cannons - Select this alternative to begin your game with a group of peasants and a battery of cannons.
Cannons and Howitzers - If you select this option, you will start out with a group of peasants and a battery of cannons and howitzers.
18th Century Barracks - This will provide you with an 18th century barracks at the start
of the game. Nations which cannot progress to the 18th century in the game (Ukraine,
Algeria, Turkey) are given a number of 17th century barracks if this option is selected.
5.2.4. Peace Time

This special option is available in both single and multiplayer games. Setting a Peace Time will
bring about a temporary truce during which you can build up your economy and army before
going to war. You can select the duration of the truce yourself. It can last for almost anything
from 10 minutes to 4 hours. The longer the truce, the further you will be able to develop your
nation. You can also choose not to have any peace time at all. The timer marked P.t. above the
mini-map in the game will let you know how much longer the truce is going to last.
Each played is confined to a certain area of the map. The area of your domain is marked by
frontier posts (see picture). State borders which run through the sea are denoted by a lighter
shading of the water. The peace time prevents all attacks. You and your enemies will be able
cross each other's borders, BUT every attempt to attack or capture a unit or building will result
in the immediate destruction of the attacking units! Once the peace time is over, you can wage
war on enemy territory without having to fear that your soldiers will die without honour.
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5.2.7. Autosave Options

These allow you to specify how often your game is automatically saved. You can have your
game saved once a minute, every two, four, six, eight or ten minutes. There is also a Never
option to enable you to deactivate the Autosave function altogether.
5.2.8. Log Cabins

Log cabins are defensive structures which hold 10 shooting units.
Unless you started your game using the Default or Towers start
option, you will begin it with log cabins. This means that, when
you start the game with an army (of any size) or an 18th century barracks, you will not only have peasants and troops, but also
2 log cabins in your base. When starting with the Different
Nations option, you and your opponents will have 4 log cabins
each.
Log cabins are specially designed buildings with 10 shooting units
in them. The use of log cabins makes early rush tactics ineffective.
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Check here to see how much peace time you have left.
This game timer shows you how much time has already elapsed.
You can set the peace time for a single player game in the Random Map menu. For multiplayer games, the host can specify the peace time in the Multiplayer Options menu. The duration
of the peace time may range from 10 minutes to 4 hours. You can play without peace time
too.
Please note: The functions and start options that are provided for random maps can also be
applied to multiplayer games!
6.
6.1.
5.2.5. 18th Century Options:

These allow you to alter settings for the 18th century in the game. The following options are
provided:
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Default - Selecting this option means you will have to develop your nation throughout
the 17th century and progress to the 18th when a certain level of economy is achieved,
the same as in the original Cossacks.
Never - Choosing this option makes it impossible to progress to the next technological
epoch. This means you will only be able to play with 17th century troops and economy.
Immediate - Select this option if you want 18th century technology and troops to be
available to you and your opponent from the very beginning.
5.2.6. Capture Options:

The following options determine what captures may be performed in the game:
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Default - Peasants and civilian buildings can be captured, just as in the original Cossacks.
No Peasant Captures - If you opt for this alternative, it will be impossible to capture peasants in your game. You will, however, still be able to capture civilian buildings.
No Centre or Peasant Captures - This means neither peasants nor civilian buildings can
be captured.
No Captures - Only artillery may be captured.
New Cursors
Animated Cursor
Animated cursors will appear when you issue certain orders to your units. The following new
animated cursor is provided in Cossacks: The Art of War:
Whenever you click on an area of the map with your right mouse button to order
your units to move there, these red arrows will appear, indicating the exact position
your units will relocate to.
6.2.
Attack Ground Cursor

This cursor represents the Attack Ground command for artillery. It indicates that
your cannons will shell enemies with a multitude of small cannonballs, scattering
splinters in every direction. The attack order is directed at a certain location rather
than a unit or building, which means the latter do not have to be in the precise spot
you are aiming at. Thus, you will be able to keep an area under constant fire. Your
artillery will take longer to prepare for this attack, but your patience will be rewarded, for the range of fire is considerably greater. The accuracy of this firing mode is
low, but its destructive power is impressive (see chapter 7.4.).
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6.3.
Guard Cursor
These are the cursors for the Guard command. Your units can now guard a certain
place or other units. The above picture shows the cursor in its original form. It will
change to the lower cursor to indicate that an object you are pointing at with your
mouse can be guarded. You will only be able to issue a Guard command if the cursor has changed its colour (from blue to brown).
7.1.
7.2.
6.4.
Patrol Cursor
This is a special cursor for the Patrol order. It will appear when you click on the
Patrol button in the unit's options window. The cursor will help you to make sure
your selected unit(s) will patrol the specified area (for more information see also
chapter 7.2. "Guard and Patrol").
6.5.
Giving Orders in Pause Mode
Unlike in the original Cossacks, you can now issue commands in a single player game while the
game is paused. To do this, press the key assigned to the Pause function to temporarily interrupt the game. You can now issue commands to your units. These will be carried out when you
continue the game by pressing the pause key again.
Guard and Patrol
Your units now have two new commands available: Guard and Patrol. This means a unit or
group of units can be ordered to guard a building or another unit. However, these options are
not available for formations (with officers and drummers). Your units will guard a building by
remaining near it or a unit by following behind it. It is particularly advisable to guard cannons
and artillery. Use the Patrol command to keep a certain area of the map under close observation.
Both these commands can be found as unit order icons in the lower left corner of the screen.
Embark Cursor
This cursor indicates that your troops are about to embark a ferry. Select the unit(s)
you want to transport and then point the cursor at the ferry to see this symbol.
Right-click to send the units aboard. (Note: Your ferry must be properly moored,
i.e. when you select it, a red cross should flash on land, otherwise your units will not
be able to embark the vessel.)
7.
New Commands
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Left-click with your mouse to activate the Guard mode. A special cursor will appear.
Point the cursor at a building or unit (the cursor's colour changes) and left or right-click
with your mouse to issue a Guard command.
Click on the Patrol icon and the respective cursor will appear. Now left or right-click on
the map. Your selected unit will now begin patrolling the area between its current position and the target location you have just set. It will continue to move back and forth
within the area indicated, and be ready for action should an enemy appear.
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7.3.
Cavalry Formations
Slow-moving cavalry units can be arranged into formations. No commanders or drummers are
needed. Special formation icons will appear in the lower left part of the screen when you select
a slow-moving cavalry unit (e.g. a rider).
7.5.
7.6.
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Assume Rank Formation. A rank formation can consist of 40, 90 or 160 mounted units.
Assume Wedge Formation. A wedge formation can consist of 40, 90 or 160 horsemen.
Assume Column Formation. A column formation can consist of 40, 90 or 160 units.
Apart from the geometric (positional) bonus, formations for 17th century cavalry units provide a variety of defence/attack bonuses for the horsemen. 18th century cavalry formations
basically possess the geometrical bonus only.
7.4.
Select Formations
This option enables you to arrange, for example, two infantry formations of 36 units each
instead of one formation of 72 soldiers. Thus, when you have enough units to create one large
formation, you can opt to create several smaller ones instead. However, you will need several
officers and drummers to do so. You can find this option among the officer's order buttons.
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Grouping/Ungrouping Formations
Another important function in Cossacks: The Art of War is the possibility to join formations
into groups. This function allows various kinds of formations located freely about the map to
be joined into one group at the press of a button. This set of formations (group) becomes a
single combat unit, i.e. it is selected with a single click, moves and fights as one unit.
This function opens up unlimited possibilities for making all kinds of formations out of simple
ones and single units. You can contrive the most refined tactical and strategic schemes - send a
column of heavy infantry in front, a line of riflemen behind them, heavy cavalry at the flanks,
etc. You can then turn this complex formation into a single group and control it with a single
key like a regular formation.
Find the Group icon in the lower left corner of the screen when you have several formations
selected (e.g. press and hold the Shift key while clicking on units to select them).
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Replenishing Formations
Cossacks: The Art of War provides you with a special function that allows you to replenish a
formation which has suffered heavy unit losses. This enables you to skip the tedious process of
dismissing one formation and creating another.
1 - Left-click on this icon to add new units to a damaged formation.
Note: You should have new forces nearby to replenish a formation.
2 - Click on this icon to turn several formations into a group (see also chapter 7.6.
"Grouping/Ungrouping Formations" below).
Select multiple formations. Then click on this icon to group the selected formations. The
icon will now change (see below).
Left-click on this icon to ungroup the formations you previously joined.
Click here to arrange a smaller formation. In this case it will consist of 36 units. Clicking
on this button again will arrange a formation of 15 units.
Click here to arrange a larger formation, but make sure you have enough units to do so.
You will find the number of soldiers you are arranging in one formation to the right of the
above mentioned icons.
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7.7.
Attack Ground
Cannons have acquired the new function Attack Ground. This allows you to fire at any location on the map without having to target and lock on to enemy units or buildings. It also acts
as a long-range fire function for your cannons. However, it takes time to set your artillery units
up for this firing mode, which makes them launch cannonballs at the target that explode on
impact, scattering splinters all around. Though this mode of firing lacks accuracy, its effect is
deadly. Your cannons will continue to fire at the targeted location unto they are moved elsewhere. This function is only available in random map and multiplayer games.
Notice the new cursor (see also chapter 6.2.). This will appear when the Attack Ground command is available.
You will find this function among the cannons' order icons in the lower left corner of the
screen.
7.8.
Deactivate Tower Attack
You can order your towers not to fire. Select a tower and you will see the following buttons in
its orders menu:
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Click here to activate the tower's attack function.

Click here to deactivate the tower's attack function.
8.
8.1.
Multiplayer Menu
General
Basically, all the commands (chapter 7), options (chapters 4 and following) and (new) random
map functions (chapter 5) described above are also available for the multiplayer game.
Additionally, there are other possibilities, such as being able to play in the same nation as another player and thus share the responsibility (see chapter 5.1.4.).
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Left-click with your mouse to activate the Attack Ground command (a special cursor will
appear). Then select an area for this special attack and left or right-click to begin shelling
the area. To cancel the attack, simply move your cannons elsewhere.
Watch out for the new cursor for the Attack Ground command.
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8.2.
Kick Option
One more feature is now available for multiplayer games: The host can kick players from
his/her game with a single click of a mouse button. To kick a player, click on the list box beside
the name of the player and then click on the Kick Player option in the list.
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Click here to select the resource you want to transfer.

Click here to select a player you want to transfer resources to.
Type in the amount of units of the selected resource you want to transfer.
Click here to complete the transfer.
Click here to cancel the transfer.
9.
Internet Game
Cossacks: The Art of War provides players with facilities for maximum enjoyment when playing through the Internet. With the introduction of the Global Rating System (see "Global
Rating System" section), each player now stands a chance to climb the ladder of success in
Cossacks' Internet mode. Please note: You must be connected to the Internet to launch this
game mode.
9.1.
Internet Game Login
As soon as you click on the option for the Internet in the menu where you choose a connection for your multiplayer game, you are taken to the Internet Game Login menu. You will
always start your Cossacks Internet games from this menu.
8.3.
Resource Transfer
A special new option allows you to transfer your resources more easily than in the original
Cossacks. This option is located in the popup menu in the middle at the top of the screen.
Click on Resource Transfer to enable this function.
Player Name
Password
Remember
Password
Bypass
Information Form
Anonymous Login
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Here you can select a nickname to play under. (The selection is limited to the profile names registered in the Cossacks data base.)
Enter the password to your personal account. This will be entered automatically in future if you enable the Remember Password function.
Left-click with your mouse to tick the box to the right of this
option. If you don't place a tick here, your password will not be
remembered automatically and you will have to type it in again next
time.
This option, when activated, allows you to skip your personal
information form and log in to the game's master server at once.
Tick this option to log in to the master server as an anonymous player. No personal information about you will be displayed, you can log
in under any nickname you want. Note: If you log in as an anonymous
player, the information on your game(s) will not be registered in the
Global Rating System.
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Retrieve Password
by E-mail
Login
New
Cancel
Left-click on this option to have your password sent to you by

e-mail.
Click here to log in to the master server or be transferred to your
per sonal account forms.
Click here to register a new profile name (nickname) or create a new
personal account.
Click here to return to the Main Menu.
9.3.
Internet Game Menu
You will enter this menu after logging in to the Internet server of the game. Here you can create or join an Internet game of Cossacks, view information on fellow players and games and
much more.
You will find the following icons in the Internet Game menu:
Note: If you do not have a personal account yet, see the following Login Information Form
section.
9.2.
Login Information Form
The Cossacks Internet game server stores data on every player who competes. Therefore, you
must create a personal account before playing through the Internet. To do this, click on New
in the Internet Game Login menu. This will automatically take you through the stages of creating an account.
Start creating your personal account by typing your e-mail address in the window provided.
Then click on Next to proceed to two more Login Information Form windows, where you will
be requested to specify personal information. Once you have provided all the necessary data for
your account, you are taken to the master server of the game. Here you can chat with other players, create or join a game, view players' information and more (see "Internet Game Menu" below).
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Click on this icon to view a list of Internet games currently being played or created.
Here you will find information on the best Cossacks Internet players. Click here to bring
up a table listing the top 100 players as well as information about them and the games
they played in (see also "Global Rating System" below).
Click on this icon to obtain a player's personal information. Note: You must select a player first (see "Player's Personal Information" below).
If you click on this icon with your left mouse button, you can send a personal message
to the player you have selected.
Clicking on this button allows you to Mute the selected players. Click first on a name in
the list and then on this icon. The selected player's name is now crossed out in red. To
receive further messages from a player you have muted, select him/her in the list and
click on the same icon again. This will cancel the Mute option and the player's message
will henceforth be visible again.
Join a game from this player
Now that you have created your personal account you can log in to Cossacks Internet games
using the nickname and information you have specified. If you want to modify your personal
information (for example to change a nickname or information about yourself), left-click on
New in the Internet Game Login menu to go to your Login Information Form and edit the
required data.
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10.1.
Global Rating System

World Rankings
From now on all Internet players of Cossacks can compete for the leading positions in the
Global Rating System. Your efforts and military successes will be rewarded thanks to a special
system developed entirely for Cossacks: The Art of War. Each player will have his or her own
coat of arms which must be embellished step by step. Initially your coat of arms is quite bare:
Every player participating in a rated game (Deathmatch) will have points added to or deducted from his/her score after the game.
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Earl
Marquis
Duke
King
You will begin your path to fame in the Global Rating System as an Esquire, and you will have
to complete many battles to become King.
10.3.
Scoring
The table below explains how many points are added for victory or taken away for defeat. The
player's rank is given in the left-hand column, that of his opponent in the row along the top.
The first number refers to the points a player will obtain for victory over a player of the given
rank, the second number shows how many points he will lose if defeated.
Please note: If you log in to the Cossacks Internet server anonymously, your game will not be
registered in the global data base.
Please note: If a player quits or is disconnected during an Internet game, an uncompleted game
will be registered among his/her personal data, unless the game is continued with the same cast
of players within a day using a saved game file.
Player Description: In this part of the screen you can view detailed information on a player and
the games (s)he has played.
To access information on a player's coat of arms and games played, click on the player's
Personal Information icon in the Internet Game menu (see "Player's Personal Information" section below) or select a player you want to view information about and press the I key.
10.2.
Titles
Apart from scores, players will also receive titles for their games. These and the decorations for
coats of arms are bestowed for a certain amount of points. The score system is flexible: If a
player of a lower rank defeats one of a higher rank, this will yield a greater number of points
than if the opponent is equally situated. This also means that a player of a higher rank will
receive less points when winning against a lower ranked player. The higher the title, the greater
the amount of points needed to obtain a new decoration for your coat of arms and a new title.
The
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Esquire
Nobleman
Knight
Baron
Viscount
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Whether you will play a rated game (and have the results transferred to the global data base)
or a non-rated one is entirely up to you and your fellow players. In the Internet Game menu,
you can easily identify which games are rated and which are not:
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You can see whether a game is rated in the game interface as well:
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This symbol indicates that the game is being rated, i.e. the results will be stored in the
data base.
These are the icons of Cossacks clan players. From now on you can distinguish players
more easily.
Note:
It is up to the host of the Internet game to decide whether it shall be rated or not. (N
Only Deathmatch games can be rated. You cannot play a rated game with computer opponents.) Click on the Create Game button for the following screen to pop up:
Click on Game Type to see the options Deathmatch, Battle and Rated Deathmatch. Left-click
on the option you prefer, make other necessary settings in this window and then click on Create
to create a game with the options you have set.
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This icon indicates that the game is rated.

This icon indicates that the game is being recorded.
Within the first 10 minutes of a rated game you can still vote NOT to rate the game due to a
slow connection or for other personal reasons.
1. Find the question mark near the Rated Game icon within the first ten minutes of the
game. This means you can still vote against registering this game.
Vote against rating this game here.
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If one of the players clicks on Don't rate this game, the following message pops up in the centre of the screen:
Move the scrollbar under the entry Player Description to look through the information about
a player's games.
The other players are asked to vote on whether to rate the current game or not. Press the Y
key if you agree not to register the game and the N key if otherwise.
The game will only not be registered if ALL the players vote not to do so!
10.4.
Player's Personal Information
Clicking on a player's Personal Information icon will load details about the selected player.
These include contact and personal information as well as detailed data on all the rated games
(s)he has taken part in.
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11.
Hot Keys
The game now has many more hot keys than the original Cossacks, thus enabling quicker access
to game functions and processes. Apart from the hot keys you had in the original version of
the game, the following hot keys are available in Cossacks: The Art of War:
Peasant :
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build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
build
town hall
stable
dwelling
17th century barracks
artillery depot
18th century barracks
storehouse
mine
church
shipyard
market
mill
wooden paling
stone wall
tower
academy
Hot keys for 17th century barracks:

Strain musketeer (Austrian, European, Polish); archer; strelets; serdiuk; janis
sary; Spanish rifleman; Dutch musketeer
Btrain drummer
Ftrain officer
Ptrain pikeman
Ltrain roundshier
Htrain light infantryman
Hot keys for 18th century barracks:

Strain Highlander; musketeer (European, Saxon, Danish, Bavarian, Prussian)
Btrain drummer; bagpiper; pandur
Ftrain officer
Gtrain grenadier
Hot keys for stable:

Strain
Dtrain
Rtrain
Ktrain
Ttrain
Ftrain
Gtrain
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17th century dragoon; Tatar; 17th century French rifleman

18th century dragoon; French dragoon
17th century heavy cavalry
18th century heavy cavalry
light Polish rider; Croat; Sich Cossack; King's Musketeer
hetman
hussar
Hot key for church:

Screate priest
Hot keys for shipyard:

Bbuild boat
Pbuild ferry
Gbuild galley
Fbuild frigate; xebec
Lbuild battleship
Ybuild yacht
Hot keys for artillery depot:

Rbuild mortar
Hbuild howitzer
Pbuild cannon
Hot keys for academy:

Krepair cannons
Jheal units
Hot keys for upgrades:

Nupgrade mine
Yupgrade at mill
Vupgrade tower
Hot keys for individual units:
Sstand ground
Vcancel stand ground
Ddisable attack
Eenable attack
Ppatrol
Gguard/don't guard
Hot keys for formations:

Rinfantry column formation; cavalry wedge formation
Kinfantry square formation; cavalry column formation
Freinforce formation
Ggroup/ungroup
Linfantry rank formation; cavalry rank formation
Jdismiss formation
Hot keys for market:

Shift + resource amount button (100, 1,000, 10,000 or 100,000)
- multiply amount by 100.
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Other hot keys:

LVF11 -.
Ctrl + Right mouse-click
12.
12.1.
open/close gates
disembark ferry
screenshot
better alignment of units. This function provides a better view of the location of, e.g., several unit formations.
New Units
New Ships
18th Century Ship of the Line

The "Victory", Admiral Nelson's famous flagship, served as a prototype to the new 18th century ship of the line. It was launched in 1769 and was a 100-cannon ship of the line typical
of the late 18th century. This is the most powerful and expensive vessel in the game. The ship
represents the next development stage for the ships of the line already existing in the game.
Life: 65500
Creation time: 2500
Cost: 65500 wood, 45050 gold, 53000 iron, 47200 coal
Upkeep: gold (workers in mines/1000 units): 18750
Shots: 30 (cannonball)
18th Century Frigate

The prototype for the 18th century frigate was the well-known French frigate "Flora". This vessel was used for cruising service and was a typical representative of this class of ships. It will
match the power of 17th century battleships in the game, but will much exceed them in speed.
These ships will oust the 17th century frigates and considerably reinforce the naval power of
their owner.
Life: 65500
Creation time: 1000
Cutter
A cutter was used mainly for patrols and possessed a fairly good speed and seagoing abilities.
It was a single-mast ship with quite an advanced rigging. On the upper deck were about 18 to
20 guns or carronades. Its characteristics allow the cutter to outmanoeuvre any yacht and make
it the logical next step up among warships. The player will be unable to use it in major battles
for domination at sea, but it is well suited to control vast sea communications and destroy the
obsolete (17th century) enemy ships.
Life: 21000
Creation time: 1000
Venetian Galleass
The Venetians were trendsetters in the field of building and use of rowing vessels. Their fleet
included numerous galleys and one of the most powerful and expensive rowing vessels - the galleass. Galleasses were larger than galleys. They could be up to 70 metres long, with a crew of
up to 1200 sailors. The baptism of fire for the galleass took place in the Battle of Lepanto in
1571 and brought about the victory of the Christians over the Ottoman fleet. Galleasses made
use of their advantage over other types of vessels under calm conditions, when their oars
allowed them to gain quite a good speed. However, their manoeuvrability left much to be
desired, and they were useless in a storm, which meant they never put out to sea under bad
weather conditions.
Life: 65500
Creation time: 3000
Cost: 11500 wood, 1100 gold, 1000 iron
Shots: 100 (bomb, cannonball)
Upgrades
Creation speed
Academy: Train carpenters (w 10)
Speed
Academy: Design new rigging types
Fire accuracy
Academy: Research new sighting devices for artillery (+35%)
Academy: Develop mathematics (+35%)
Fire accuracy
Academy: Research improved additions to gunpowder formula (+5%)
Academy: Design new barrel types: unicorn, carronade (+10%)
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Turkish Yacht
Turkish flotillas included a large number of various exotic single or two-mast Mediterranean vessels. They were used both by the military fleet as patrol and messenger ships, and by pirates
for their vigorous raids on the Christians' sea communications.
Life: 35000
Creation time: 300
12.2.
New Units
Musketeer, 18th century (Bavaria)

Life: 100
Creation time: 225
Cost: 35 gold, 80 food, 45 iron
Shots: 55
Attack: 9 (pike)
Upgrades
Ketch
A new type of ship aimed at shelling coastline fortifications and seaside settlements from the
sea emerged in the 18th century. These vessels were equipped with only two masts: a mainmast with upright sails and mizzen-mast with fore and aft sails. In place of a foremast, they possessed a platform with one or two powerful mortars. The fire of these ships could cause substantial damage to fortification walls, and they were indispensable in large-scale landing operations.
Life: 40000
Creation time: 1150
Cost: 5000 wood, 50250 iron, 45150 coal
Shots: 790 (bomb), 30 (cannonball)
Attack
Barracks, 18th century: Conduct a fencing drill 2 (+1) g 700, f 900
Academy: Improve firearms: rifled barrel (+10%)
Academy: Develop granular gunpowder (+15%)
Academy: Research new sulphur rectification methods (+20%)
Academy: Research new nitre rectification methods (+30%)
Academy: Design bayonet (+7 pike)
Academy: Research new steel grades (+25% pike)
Blacksmith: Forge bayonets and broadswords for infantry (+5 pike)
Defence
Barracks, 18th century: Conduct a physical training 2 (+1) g 350, f 3500
Rate of fire
Academy: Design wheel lock (+35%)
Academy: Design paper cartridge and iron ramrod (+35%)
Creation cost
Academy: Design flintlock (-50%)
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Musk e te e r, 18th ce ntury (De nmark )
Musketeer, 18th century (Prussia)
Life: 100
Creation time: 150
Shots: 60
Attack: 24 (pike)
Life: 100
Creation time: 225
Shots: 55
Attack: 24 (pike)
Upgrades
Upgrades
Attack
Defence
Rate of fire
Attack
Defence
Rate of fire
Creation cost
Creation cost
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Hussar (Prussia)
Academy
Life: 250
Creation time: 650
Attack: 8 (sword)
Creation time: 2000

Life: 63000
Cost: 1450 wood, 900 stone
Barracks, 17th century

Upgrades
Attack
Stable: Conduct a fencing drill 2 (+1) g 2800, e1600
Stable: Conduct a fencing drill 3 (+2) g 4800, e1400
Stable: Conduct a fencing drill 4 (+3) f10200, e4000
Blacksmith: Forge new broadswords and sabres (+5)
Defence
Stable: Conduct a physical training 2 (+1) g 1250, f 150
Creation time: 300

Life: 40000
Cost: 100 wood, 300 gold, 100 stone

Creation time: 25000
Life: 55000
Blacksmith
Creation time: 300
Life: 5500
Creation speed
Blacksmith: Forge harnesses for horses (+300% faster production of cavalry units)
12.3.
New Buildings
Bavaria
Town Hall
Creation time: 500
Life: 4030
Diplomatic Centre
Creation time: 1000
Life: 4500
Dwelling
Artillery Depot
Creation time: 100

Life: 4000
Creation time: 1000

Life: 40000
Cost: 350 wood, 1000 stone, 1400 iron
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Stable
Creation time: 500

Life: 10000
Creation time: 25000

Life: 55000
Church
Blacksmith
Creation time: 500

Life: 4200
Creation time: 300

Life: 5500
Denmark
Diplomatic Centre
Town Hall
Creation time: 1000

Life: 4500
Creation time: 500

Life: 4030
Stable
Artillery Depot
Creation time: 1000
Life: 40000
Creation time: 500

Life: 10000
Church
Academy
Creation time: 2000
Life: 63000
Creation time: 500

Life: 4200

Creation time: 300
Life: 11000
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13.
Editor
Pressing F11 will let you take a screenshot, which will be saved as screenX.bmp (where X is
the screenshot's number; this will increase if you take several screenshots).
Use the editor included to create your own maps.
13.2.
13.1.
Editor Interface
Firstly you should become accustomed to the interface of the editor you are going to create
maps with. In the left part of the screen you will see a bar with a set of buttons (this is called
the left toolbar). The upper buttons enable you to switch between various editor modes (editing the surface of water, trees etc.).
The button allows you to deactivate any of these modes. If none of the modes is
active, you can control units, attack enemies, construct buildings, etc. in the editor
the same as you would in the game.
Creating Landscapes
Naturally, the first stage of making a map is to create a landscape. Decide where to place mountains, plateaus or hills, and where to have vast seas or rivers winding their way through the
scenery. (To make this part easier, you can sketch your future map on paper first.)
When you have finished this part, click on the button in the editor interface. This
will open a relief generation window where you can add basic landscape elements to
your map.
In the lower part of the left toolbar are a set of buttons which allow you to access various
menus or switch between the editor modes.
In the right part of the screen is a bar with a number of coloured rectangles on it (called the
right toolbar). This is where information regarding the editor modes is displayed.
Note th at le f t- click in g adds a re lie f to th e map wh ile rig h t- click in g re mov e s it.
Clicking on the button will enable you to add hills to your map. These are marked
white on the map.
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Left toolbar
Selected mode highlighted by yellow frame
Right toolbar
Upper scrollbar (defines brush radius in water editing mode)
Lower scrollbar (defines coast width in water editing mode)
Select nation's colour here
Brush radius (indicates the size of the area which will experience changes)
Coast width indicator (for water editing mode)
Mini-map
Using the F12 key, you can access the Main Menu of the editor, where you can save or load
a map, change game settings, or return to the Main Menu of the game.
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The button activates the water editing mode. (Water is marked blue.)
The button allows you to apply slopes to the map. Slopes are mostly added to the
edges of white areas, as they create a path of ascent for your units to reach a plateau
on your map. Slopes are depicted red.
Using the upper scrollbar you can change the size of the brush in any of these modes.
You can use the button to add forests. These are represented by green specks on
your map. The lower scrollbar enables you to choose how dense you want your
forests to be.
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Clicking on the button changes the height of the hills generated. Point your cursor
at a hill and hold down the right mouse button. The white area underneath your cursor will become darker. The darker the colour, the lower the hill. The lower scrollbar in this mode alters the radius of the dark area.
An action selection menu will appear on the screen:
The button allows you to undo any changes you have made.
Click on Save Bitmap to save images created in this way. To load a previously created image,
click on the Load Bitmap button. Click Generate to create a map based on your image.
Note: Generating this map will delete all objects previously located on the map. If you do not
want to create a map, click the Cancel button.
13.3.
Relief Editing
Now that the basic landscape elements have been created, it is high time to change the map
relief. Using the editor tools, you can create steep mountains or slanting hills, small ravines or
fathomless pits.
The button activates the altitude changing mode. Point your cursor at a map area
you want to change the height of. Press the left mouse button to raise an area or the
right button to lower it. Holding down a mouse button and smoothly moving the
cursor across the scenery creates a mountain ridge or a ravine. On the panel in the
right part of the screen is a scrollbar you can use to change the size of the brush.
Another altitude changing mode can be activated by clicking the button. The difference between this and the previous mode is that this one creates an elevation with
a flat summit.
Cubic - Create a slanting hill in the area within the yellow line. You can specify its height in the
lower menu string.
Squad - Create a steep hill in the area within the yellow line. You can specify its height in the
lower menu string.
Smooth - Smoothen the area within the yellow line.
Road1, Road2, Road3 - Draw one of three types of road along the yellow line.
You can make use of one more handy instrument for relief editing by clicking on the
button. A screen showing the altitude map of the area (green - lowlands, yellowbrown - hills, brown-grey - mountains) will pop up on the screen. A set of scrollbars
allows you to regulate the parameters of the elevations generated:
The button activates the area levelling mode. Point your mouse cursor at the map
area you want to level, and press the left mouse button. The whole area under your
brush will be transformed into a plain equalling the central point in height. In this
mode, you can use the right mouse button to add random irregularities to the landscape. Press the right mouse button to see the area of the map under your brush
gradually be covered by small elevations and slopes.
The smoothing mode turned on using the button gives the area a more natural
appearance. Smoothing allows you to get rid of sharp angles and lessen slopes that
are too steep. Point your mouse cursor at an area you want to smooth and left-click.
The area under the brush is gradually smoothed. Pressing the right button in this
mode creates ledges on mountain slopes.
The button activates the relief area editing mode. Left-click on the edge of the area
you want to change. A yellow line will expand as you move the mouse cursor away
form the place where you clicked. By left-clicking you can encircle the area you want
to select with the yellow line. To end the selection of a map area, close the polygon
or click with the right mouse button.
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Height of Eminence Radius of Eminence Width of Crossing Number of Jags Depth of Jags Phase of Jags -
the height of the eminence

hills' radius
the length of the slope
the number of ledges
ledges' length
the phase of ledges
Make sure the area you are filling with water is even and not above the zero line to avoid flooding.
The lower buttons are divided into several groups:
Manually created water zones have a somewhat unnatural look due to the absence of sunlight
glistening on them. The brightness and size of light spots can be adjusted using the scrollbar in
the right toolbar. Left-click on the surface of the water to create a reflection centred on the
position your cursor is pointing at.
Click on to remove water. In this mode, the water will be removed from the area
under your brush if you left-click with your mouse.
Type of Jag - the type of slope. You can select one of the types of slopes
available:
regular
concave
convex
tapering
uneven
Pressure Type - the method of surface decline
sharp eminence
smooth
smooth incline
smooth decline
Brush - select hill type
You can delete glints in the water darkening mode, which is activated by clicking on
the button. In this mode, a left-click will delete any water glints under the mouse
cursor. You can adjust the size of the area darkened with the scrollbar in the right
toolbar.
If you need to create reservoirs or rivers with intensive current, you can use the current editing mode.
Click on the button. You will see lilac grid pop up on the screen. Each section of the
grid allows you to specify the direction of the current. Select one of the sections
above the water surface and left-click inside it, at the point you want the water to
flow towards. An arrow will appear in the middle of the selected section, pointing in
the direction you specified. Clicking with the left mouse button lets you move the arrow in any
direction. By right-clicking you can delete the current arrow in the section needed.
Note: Currents can be set not only for the sea, but for other water structures as well.
smooth
with ledges
Height - measure altitude of the area under cursor
Having made the settings needed, left-click on the changed map area. You will see the colour
of the map change under your cursor. Using your cursor like a brush, you can create mountain ranges or oblong hills. Click the Generate button to apply all the changes you have made
to the map. You can optimise the map surface using the Smooth Hills button. In this case, the
rear boundaries of all mountains and hills will be smoothened to allow faster work with the map
in future. Select Cancel if you want to undo all the changes you have made.
13.4.
Water Editing
If you want to change the generated water surfaces or create new reservoirs manually, you can
use the water editing buttons.
1.
Set currents as displayed above.
Clicking on the button activates the water drawing mode. Two scrollbars will appear
in the right toolbar. Using the upper one, you can change the size of the brush, while
the lower one allows you to adjust the width of the surface line. Left-click to fill the
area under your brush with water.
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13.5.
Applying Textures
Now that you have placed water and eminences, it's time to cover the land with various sorts
of territories. Let green grass thrive in valleys, stones cover mountain slopes, and sand lie on
the steeps. A realistic set of textures allows you to create the world as you like.
Click the button to activate the texture mode. In the lower part of the right toolbar
a set of various applicable textures appears. The editor allows you to use a blend of
different textures, randomly applied from the set indicated.
In order to cover an area with a texture, left-click on the texture you want to use (this frames
it). Then left-click on the map area to paint the surface under your brush with the texture
selected. With the scrollbar located in the right toolbar you can change the size of the brush.
If you want to attain a mix of textures, you can select several by clicking on them while holding down the Ctrl button. Numbers will appear in windows of the corresponding textures.
These numbers signify the probability of this texture appearing during the filling process.
By clicking on a texture with the left mouse button, you can increase the probability of its
appearing. Alternatively, you can use the right mouse button to decrease the probability.
Having set the required number of textures, fill the area needed by left-clicking. To preserve
your sets of textures, find the special Texture Set list. If you are considering using the set of
textures created again at a later date, select a Texture Set with any number and assign it to your
set. You can now always select this set of textures from the list.
Selective texturing settings will allow you to quickly fill the required areas with textures. Setting
minimal and maximal altitudes enables you to cover all the map areas whose altitude matches
the framework set with textures (for instance, mountain peaks), while the other parts of the
map will not have this texture applied to them. By setting corners of filling, you can cover
slopes and areas alike with certain textures.
If you need to fill an area of a complex shape with a texture, hold down the Shift key while
you left-click. The cursor will be followed by a line which you must use to encircle the area
you want to fill. Clicking with your left mouse button without holding down the Shift key will
fill the selected map area.
Sometimes elevations can block your view of areas you want to apply textures to. In this case
you can use the flat mode.
Clicking on makes all the mountains on the map flat, so that you can freely texture
the map in the areas that were hard to reach so far. A second click on this button
will return the map to its initial appearance.
1.
2.
13.6.
Placing Objects of Nature
Having placed textures you need to add various natural objects to the map. These are the
sources of your resources in the game.
Trees can be placed on the map by clicking on . In the lower part of the right toolbar images of various trees will appear. Select a tree you are going to place on the
map and left-click on it. If you'd like to put different types of trees on the map, you
can select several by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on them. Thus, the
selected trees will be framed. If you want to deselect a tree, click on it with your
right mouse button. To place trees on the map, left-click on the respective area. The
part of the map under your brush will be filled with the trees selected by you. The
size of the brush can be adjusted using the scrollbar in the right toolbar.
Click on the button to turn on the stone and deposit placing mode. In the lower part
of the right toolbar, images of stones and deposits will appear. Select a stone or
deposit to place on the map and left-click on it. If you want to place different stones
on the map, you can select several of them by clicking on them while holding down
the Ctrl key. The selected stones will be framed. Right-click on a stone or deposit to
deselect it. Having picked the required set of stones, place stones on the map by leftclicking on the respective areas. You can adjust the size of your brush using the scrollbar located in the right toolbar.
Note that the game is not designed for massive blocks of stones, which means an excessive
number of stones on a map can lead to undesired consequences.
1.
2.
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Select a combination of textures.

Vast deserts are just a matter of several clicks.
Adding stones is child's play.

Adding resource deposits is no problem at all.
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Click on the button to turn on the object deleting mode, where you can delete
unnecessary trees, stones or deposits. Point the mouse cursor at an object you want
to delete and left-click on it. All the natural objects under your brush will be deleted. The size of the brush can be adjusted using the scrollbar located in the right toolbar.
Apart from placing environmental objects, you can make use of the ready-made components.
The library contains a multitude of finished landscape items - hills, forests, mountains, ravines
etc.
To use a library element, click on the button. In the lower part of the right toolbar,
a list of objects will appear. Click on one of the objects with your left mouse button
to see its image in the centre of the map screen. Pick the element you require, select
a place on the map where you want it to be set and left-click.
13.7.
Accessibility Editing
Your map has been created and you can prepare for the game. The accessibility of map areas
is a highly important issue for any map, and this section will give you a hint on how to change
map accessibility.
First of all, click on the button, which allows you to adjust the accessibility settings
for the map landscape. Thus, you can make inaccessible zones accessible.
1.
2.
Create inaccessible zones.

This indicates the position of the next unit obstacle.
13.8.
The button turns on the blocking mode. In this mode, left-click with your mouse to
make an area under your cursor impassable (it is marked with a red cross).
The button turns on the unblocking mode. In this mode, left-click to make an area
under the cursor passable (it is marked with a green cross).
The button activates the default blocking mode. Left-click with your mouse in this
mode to make a map area under your cursor accessible or inaccessible, depending
on the relief (deletes red and green crosses).
Placing Units, Starting Conditions
Once the accessibility has been set, the map is fully prepared for playing. The only thing left
to do is to populate it. In the editor, you can create simple starting conditions for players by
allocating a group of peasants to each side, building up towns and fortresses, or placing
immense armies.
Click on the button to turn on the unit placing mode. From the right toolbar, select
a colour the created units will belong to. Under the colour bar is a pull-down list of
nations you can add to the map. Further below is a list of units and buildings. Select
a unit or building you want from the list and click on it with the left mouse button.
When editing the accessibility, try to avoid narrow passageways, as units may often become
stuck in such places. If a narrow passageway has been created, place flags on either side to make
it easier for your units to find their way (the flag is the last element in the list of trees, see section 5). Crosses and flags are for editing only, and will not be displayed during the game.
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The selected icon will be framed white. After that, left-click on the map area where you want
the object to be placed. If several units are to be set, continue clicking the mouse - each time
you click a unit will appear on that spot.
The AI develops poorly in enclosed areas. You should also try not to create too narrow passageways on the map. For your AI to work normally you should provide it with a lot of food
(about 5000 units).
1.
2.
13.9.
Find the available units here.

Place units on the map.
If a unit or a building does not appear when you click, make sure you have enough resources
for creation (if not, add resources using the 'Money' cheat code). A building may not be
placed on the map if there are surface irregularities or objects (stones, trees, other buildings)
in the way. In the editor, it is useful to erect buildings with peasants, as in the game itself. You
can build walls and palings with peasants only.
Ctrl+O
display right toolbar
Ctrl+T
display left toolbar
toggle mini-map modes
If you need to place several units of different colours nearby, you should turn on the
peace mode by clicking the button. If you omit to do this, the units will begin attacking each other. A second click on this button will turn off this mode. Take into
account that when loading such a map, the peace mode must be switched on before
the map is loaded.
Outline an area and Ctrl + C
create pattern
Ctrl + V
insert pattern
switch between forced blocking, default blocking,

forced unblocking modes
Apart from placing units for each of the opposing sides, initial resources should be
set. The resource setting menu is accessed using the button. Here you can allocate a
set of resources for each side to start the game with. The same sets of resources are
given to every side when the map is loaded in the editor.
toggle map illumination modes
delete an object
screenshot of one screen
screenshot of the whole map
If you are considering having the AI control one side in the game, ensure the following conditions have been met for this nation:
Place peasants on the map. Their location will serve as a starting point for the AI to begin building up its base.
The starting point should be located in an open area, so that the AI has enough space for building.
There should be wood and stone close to the starting point, and at least one deposit of iron
and gold. It is best to place 2 deposits of each kind.
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Hot Keys for Editor
water placing mode (Ctrl + (1-9) - set width of coast)
F2
texturing mode (hold Ctrl and click on textures to

select several)
F3
surface changing (Num Pad: '/' - level surface; '-' lower surface; '+' elevate surface; '*' - smooth sur
face)
F4
stone and deposit placing mode
F5
field placing mode
F6
relief editing mode
F7
remove mountains and rivers
F8
tree editing mode
F7
set sun glints on water
F8
remove sun glints on water
1-9
set a mode/area to implement change within (for all F

modes)
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CREDITS
NOTES
GSC Credits:
Producer
Sergiy Grygorovych
Lead Programmer
Andrew Shpagin
Tool Programmer
Serguei Ivantsov
Lead Artist
Dmitry Zenin
Artist
Andrew Zenin
Artist
Roman Nesin
Historical Adviser/Artist
Andrew Zavolokin
Mission Design
Alex Dragon
Sound Engineer/Composer
Andrew Prishchenko
Sound Engineer
Ilya Ivashchenko
QA Team Leader
Andrew Lutskevich
Tester
Eugene Volik
Tester
Alex Kovalenko
Tester
Sergei Belov
Project Manager
Anton Bolshakov
General Manager
Sergiy Grygorovych
CDV Credits:
PR Director
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Claudia Rieflin
Development Director
Martin Lhlein
Community Management
Luc Martin
Project Manager
Mario Gerhold
Senior QA Manager
Peter Oehler
QA Manager
Thomas Heil
Lead Tester
Andre Dordel
Tester
Martin Detzel
Technique
Tom Krll
Package Design & Layout
A. Adrian Alonso
Licensing Director
Johannes Friederich
Product Manager
Jens Scheibel
Localisation
Effective Media
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Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

3. Single Player Menu

5. New Random Map Options

Alliances, Difficulty Levels and Changing Colours

Giving Orders in Pause Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Internet Game Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

10. Global Rating System

11. Hot Keys

12. New Units

New Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Editor Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

System Requirements for Large Maps

Left-click here to quit the game.

Single Player Menu

Single Mission Menu

Random Map Menu

New Random Map Options

Alliances, Difficulty Levels and Changing Colours

Select a level of difficulty for AI-controlled nations.

Two New Menu Items

5.2.2. Balloon Options (upper line)

5.2.3. Cannons (upper line)

5.2.1. Start Options

The following start options are available (lower line):

5.2.4. Peace Time

5.2.7. Autosave Options

5.2.8. Log Cabins

5.2.5. 18th Century Options:

5.2.6. Capture Options:

Attack Ground Cursor

Giving Orders in Pause Mode

Guard and Patrol

Deactivate Tower Attack

Click here to activate the tower's attack function.

Click here to select the resource you want to transfer.

Internet Game Login

Left-click on this option to have your password sent to you by

Internet Game Menu

Login Information Form

Global Rating System

following titles are available in the game:

This icon indicates that the game is rated.

Player's Personal Information

Hot keys for 17th century barracks:

Hot keys for 18th century barracks:

Hot keys for stable:

17th century dragoon; Tatar; 17th century French rifleman

Hot key for church:

Hot keys for shipyard:

Hot keys for artillery depot:

Hot keys for academy:

Hot keys for upgrades:

Hot keys for formations:

Hot keys for market:

Other hot keys:

18th Century Ship of the Line

18th Century Frigate

Musketeer, 18th century (Bavaria)

Musk e te e r, 18th ce ntury (De nmark )

Musketeer, 18th century (Prussia)

Creation time: 2000

Barracks, 17th century

Creation time: 300